Last Frost Day

Frost history / Livingston, AL

Livingston, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00014798, 1951 to 2007, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 128 ft, 32.581, -88.190. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 28Nov 1
EarliestMar 4 (2005)Oct 2 (1984)
LatestMay 31 (1992)Nov 26 (2004)
Trend0.5 days later per decade0.7 days later per decade
Years with data4338

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 12.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001952: Apr 71953: Apr 211954: Mar 181955: Mar 301956: Mar 251957: Mar 101958: Mar 211959: Apr 141960: Mar 221963: Mar 231964: Mar 311965: Mar 221969: Mar 281970: Apr 31971: Apr 81972: Apr 21973: Apr 111974: Mar 221975: Apr 41976: Mar 171977: Mar 231979: Mar 271980: Mar 271981: Mar 261983: May 31984: Mar 101985: Apr 101986: Mar 241987: Apr 61988: Mar 201989: Apr 121990: Apr 81991: Mar 151992: May 311993: Mar 151994: Apr 21995: Mar 101996: Apr 101998: Mar 222003: Mar 312004: Apr 12005: Mar 42007: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001951: Nov 31952: Oct 221953: Oct 301954: Oct 301955: Oct 251956: Nov 91957: Oct 271958: Nov 211959: Nov 71960: Nov 81961: Oct 271962: Oct 251964: Oct 201969: Nov 41970: Nov 31971: Nov 51972: Nov 161973: Oct 301974: Oct 41975: Oct 201976: Oct 181977: Oct 171979: Nov 41980: Oct 131983: Nov 61984: Oct 21985: Nov 81986: Nov 141987: Oct 151989: Oct 201990: Oct 271991: Nov 41992: Nov 71995: Nov 61996: Nov 32003: Nov 142004: Nov 262005: Oct 26

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2007Apr 16no dataMar 6no data
2005Mar 4Oct 26Mar 3Nov 18
2004Apr 1Nov 26Feb 18Dec 15
2003Mar 31Nov 14Feb 11Nov 25
1998Mar 22no dataMar 12no data
1996Apr 10Nov 3Mar 12Dec 2
1995Mar 10Nov 6Feb 13Nov 12
1994Apr 2no dataFeb 26no data
1993Mar 15no dataMar 15no data
1992May 31Nov 7Mar 11Nov 30
1991Mar 15Nov 4Feb 17Nov 4
1990Apr 8Oct 27Mar 21Nov 30
1989Apr 12Oct 20Feb 25Nov 4
1988Mar 20no dataMar 17no data
1987Apr 6Oct 15Apr 1Nov 12
1986Mar 24Nov 14Mar 23Nov 14
1985Apr 10Nov 8Feb 17Dec 3
1984Mar 10Oct 2Mar 10Nov 13
1983May 3Nov 6Apr 17Nov 25
1981Mar 26no dataMar 12no data
1980Mar 27Oct 13Mar 15Nov 20
1979Mar 27Nov 4Mar 26Nov 15
1977Mar 23Oct 17Mar 1Nov 11
1976Mar 17Oct 18Feb 24Nov 5
1975Apr 4Oct 20Mar 5Nov 14
1974Mar 22Oct 4Feb 28Nov 13
1973Apr 11Oct 30Apr 11Nov 11
1972Apr 2Nov 16Mar 6Nov 24
1971Apr 8Nov 5Mar 9Nov 8
1970Apr 3Nov 3Mar 16Nov 16
1969Mar 28Nov 4Mar 28Nov 4
1965Mar 22no dataMar 21no data
1964Mar 31Oct 20Feb 28Nov 22
1963Mar 23no dataFeb 27no data
1962no dataOct 25no dataDec 7
1961no dataOct 27no dataNov 9
1960Mar 22Nov 8Mar 22Nov 12
1959Apr 14Nov 7Feb 21Nov 7
1958Mar 21Nov 21Feb 21Nov 29
1957Mar 10Oct 27Mar 9Oct 28
1956Mar 25Nov 9Mar 21Nov 10
1955Mar 30Oct 25Mar 29Nov 4
1954Mar 18Oct 30Mar 16Nov 3
1953Apr 21Oct 30Feb 18Nov 11
1952Apr 7Oct 22Feb 7Oct 29
1951no dataNov 3no dataNov 3

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.